EDS to take over title sponsorship of tournament in 2003
IRVING, Texas (April 12) -- EDS, a Texas-based information technology company, has agreed to become title sponsor of the Byron Nelson Classic golf tournament for four years beginning in 2003.
The announcement came Thursday from the Salesmanship Club of Dallas, longtime sponsor of the PGA tour event. Verizon Communications, sponsor since 1988, will continue through 2002.
T.D. Dickey Jr., president of the Salesmanship Club, said it is committed to the long-term success of the tournament, including paying a purse among the best of the non-major tournaments.
The club has signed an agreement to keep the tournament at the TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas through 2018. This year's tournament is May 10-13.
Byron Nelson, the event's namesake, is a two-time Masters and PGA Championship winner and the 1939 U.S. Open champion. He won 19 tournaments in 1945, including 11 in a row, while establishing the all-time PGA stroke average with 68.33 strokes per round over 120 rounds.
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